On Sonntag, 1. Juli 2007, Willie Wong wrote: > Hi List, > > Sorry if this is a stupid question: I've never actually owned a > device using a MicroSD card--until now. I have for myself a Motorola > KRZR K1 phone, and I am thinking of buying a MicroSD card so I can > transfer music/pictures between the phone and my laptop. To do that, > I'll also need a card reader for the MicroSD card.
why? Is the KRZR so much worse than a RAZR? With a RAZR you just connect the phone to the computer with the usb cable, and you can transfer the data. No need for a card reader. > > I'm considering the SanDisk MobileMate SD+ 5-in-1 reader, partly > because I've heard (through the grapevines) that it works under > Ubuntu and Suse pretty much just plug and play. all card readers work 'plug and play'. I have a noname 30-in-1 cardreader I bought a long time ago for 5euros, that is 'plug and play', > > Does anyone have any experience with this device? Or any other card > readers? Caveats and suggestions about using card readers with > gentoo will be appreciated. Do devices like those need any kernel > voodoo to work, or do they just function as USB mass storage > devices? they are just usb-mass-storage devices. You'll need the 'probe all luns' option under scsi: [27393.255889] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [27393.255989] scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [27393.256050] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [27393.256053] USB Mass Storage support registered. [27393.256229] usb-storage: device found at 2 [27393.256232] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [27398.248597] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic IC1210 CF 1.9C PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [27398.249361] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb [27398.249445] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [27398.250709] scsi 1:0:0:1: Direct-Access Generic IC1210 MS 1.9C PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [27398.251725] sd 1:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdc [27398.251794] sd 1:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 [27398.425327] scsi 1:0:0:2: Direct-Access Generic IC1210 MMC/SD 1.9C PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [27398.426313] SCSI device sdd: 122624 512-byte hdwr sectors (63 MB) [27398.427558] sdd: Write Protect is off [27398.427561] sdd: Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08 [27398.427563] sdd: assuming drive cache: write through [27398.430069] SCSI device sdd: 122624 512-byte hdwr sectors (63 MB) [27398.431183] sdd: Write Protect is off [27398.431187] sdd: Mode Sense: 4b 00 00 08 [27398.431201] sdd: assuming drive cache: write through [27398.431213] sdd: sdd1 [27398.432973] sd 1:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdd [27398.433193] sd 1:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 [27398.434438] scsi 1:0:0:3: Direct-Access Generic IC1210 SM 1.9C PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [27398.435940] sd 1:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sde [27398.436177] sd 1:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 [27398.436393] usb-storage: device scan complete -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
